National Institute of Dental And Craniofacial Res.

 
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR): One of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the U.S., the NIDCR is for dental and other craniofacial diseases.

NIDCR's mission is, in formal terms, to "provide leadership for a national research program designed to understand, treat, and ultimately prevent the infectious and inherited craniofacial-oral-dental diseases and disorders that compromise millions of human lives."

The NIDCR was formerly called more simply the National Institute of Dental Research.

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